Bhagavad Gita

means our actions are not governed, but done from self determination of our understanding of the pipes of people, earth or heaven. The relationship the world and Dharma is the ultimate reality. We classify things based on our perspectives. In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna realized that his enemy in war is his own family and refuse to fight. Krishna explained that the soul and spirit of a human being lie internally rather than the external flesh that covers the body and the inner spirit. His teaching…

Hinduism is a religion with such a profound history. This belief system originated so many years ago and to this day there are still many people practicing this faith. Almost all Indians, I believe, can trace back an ancestor who possibly followed this religion at some point, therefore it is essential for us to know a little more about this faith and gain a greater appreciation for it. By researching Hinduism, I believe my eyes have grown more for the beauty of this religion and I definitely…

self, the self is real and you are the universe. The Bhagavad Gita is an epic Indian poem of culture and religion. This poem is compared to the Homeric poems of the Greek and Hellenistic cultures. This is a part of the Mahabharata, the story of two families battling form the beginning of Indian history. This story is believed to have been written over a long period of time starting as early as the eighth of ninth century B.C.E, with the Gita being written between the second and third…

The Torah, or the Old Testament, is a collection of stories of the Hebrew people. It was a part of their oral tradition for generations, until, per tradition, it was written down by Moses in the 14th Century BCE. The Torah is essentially the foundation of Judaism; it is not just the story of the Hebrews, it is the story of their relationship with God, the divine, ultimate, all-knowing creator of the Universe. To the Hebrews, and by extension the Jews, the Torah is not just their most important…

Over time yoga slowly started to become refined by the Brahmans and Rishis. Both groups documented over 200 scriptures of their own practices, and beliefs in what they called the Upanishads. Of the 200 scriptures the most known scripture was the Bhagavad-Gîtâ, which was composed around 500 B.C.E. “The Upanishads took the…

They also look at that people should use the world unselfishly so that nature can sustain itself and so our environment is fine for the generation after us. Bhagavad Gita 3:12 says “for, so sustained by sacrifice, the gods will give you the food of your desire. Whoso enjoys their gift, yet gives nothing, is a thief, no more nor less”. The Hindu people’s views are that we keep taking but we never give back so we…

of the Tamil Nadu people are considered to be mainly defined in the terms of the values set by the Thirukkural, the Tamil Nadu government and the people of Tamil Nadu always uphold Thirukkural text with high respect and honour. Along with the Bhagavad Gita, the Thirukkural is also considered as a prime text nominated to be the national book of India, for which a declaration was passed at the Tamil Nadu Assembly in…

There comes an intriguing moral impasse in Hinduism as to whether humans, as scientists and as individuals, should persist in the research of cloning. Even if the act of cloning is morally incorrect it doesn’t mean that the act of cloning couldn’t occur. Imagine if a scientist poised on cloning a part of the human organ was able to end the suffering caused by weak hearts. Humans would live longer, shortening the pain of death and suffering of loss. Those who suffer from weak heart conditions…

scared sometimes, and we act irrationally out of fear, but building weapons of mass destruction is not an appropriate reaction to being scared. J. Robert Oppenheimer quoted: “Now I become death, destroyer of worlds” from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Becoming the destroyer of an entire world is not the way anyone should deal with fear, even if we were on the verge of war. Building a weapon of mass destruction like this can only cause hate, destruction, and even more fear.…

emphasizes the expression of emotions. Moreover, Vaishnavism is very important for making spirituality accessible to ordinary people not for just yogis who renounced the world. In addition to the Vedas, the devotees of Vaishnavism venerate the Bhagavad Gita as one of the core readings. One of the characteristics of Vaishnavism is the ability to develop a human relationship with the God: servant to master, parent to child, friend to friend, lover to beloved and many others. As for the spiritual…